Carter G. Woodson Book Awards - Gary Strong Curriculum Center - College of Education, Health and Human Sciences

About the Carter G. Woodson Book Award

The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) established the Carter G. Woodson Book Awards for the most distinguished books appropriate for young readers that depict ethnicity in the United States. First presented in 1974, this award is intended to “encourage the writing, publishing, and dissemination of outstanding social studies books for young readers that treat topics related to ethnic minorities and race relations sensitively and accurately.” Books relating to ethnic minorities and the authors of such books rarely receive the recognition they merit from professional organizations. By sponsoring the Carter G. Woodson Awards, NCSS gives wide recognition to and encourages these authors and publishers.

From: http://www.socialstudies.org/awards/woodson/winners

The awards are given in three different categories: Elementary Level (Grades K-6); Middle Level (Grades 5-8); and Secondary Level (Grades 7-12)

Award Winners at the Curriculum Center or Main Library

2020 (Elementary) - The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: 811 Alexander
2019 (Secondary) - A Few Red Drops by Claire Hartfield
Call Number: 305.896 Hartfield
2017 (Elementary) - Poet by Don Tate (Illustrator)
Call Number: 921 Horton
Relates the story of North Carolina slave George Moses Horton, who taught himself to read, learned to write, and became a well-known, published poet in spite of his slave status.
2017 (Elementary) - The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Chris Barton; Don Tate (Illustrator)
Call Number: 328.73092 Barton
This biography, with its informative backmatter and splendid illustrations, gives readers an in-depth look at the Reconstruction period through the life of one of the first African-American congressmen.
2017 (Secondary) - Passenger on the Pearl by Winifred Conkling
Call Number: 306.3 Conkling
2015 (Secondary) - The Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin
Call Number: 940.54 Sheinkin Port
Presents an account of the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African-American Navy servicemen who were unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after the deadly Port Chicago explosion.
2010 (Middle) - Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
Call Number: GSCC 323.092 HOO
2007 (Middle) - Freedom Walkers by Russell Freedman; BookSource Staff (Compiled by)
Call Number: MAIN LIBRARY PZ207.F73F74 2006
2005 (Elementary) - Jim Thorpe's Bright Path by Joseph Bruchac; S. D. Nelson
Call Number: GSCC Ee.2 ZB Grade3 2012 Snow Theme5 Bruchac
2005 (Middle) - The Voice That Challenged a Nation by Russell Freedman
Call Number: GSCC 782.1 FRE/MAIN LIBRARY PZ113.A53F73 2004
2003 (Elementary) - César Chávez by Richard Griswold del Castillo; Anthony Accardo (Illustrator); Jose Juan Colin (Translator)
Call Number: MAIN LIBRARY PZ207.C43G74 2002
2003 (Middle) - Remembering Manzanar by Michael L. Cooper
Call Number: MAIN LIBRARY PZ209.M36C66 2002
2001 (Elementary) - The Sound That Jazz Makes by Carole Boston Weatherford; Eric Velasquez (Illustrator)
Call Number: MAIN LIBRARY Special Collections (non-circulating) IJC ML3506.W42 2000
1998 (Elementary) - Leon's Story by Leon Walter Tillage; Susan L. Roth (Illustrator)
Call Number: MAIN LIBRARY PZ131.T55L46 1997
1987 - Happily May I Walk by Arlene Hirschfelder
Call Number: GSCC NA 970 HIR
1979 - Native American Testimony by Peter Nabokov (Editor); Vine Deloria (Foreword by)
Call Number: MAIN LIBRARY E93.N3 1991
1976 - Dragonwings by Laurence Yep
Call Number: GSCC PB FIC Yep/MAIN LIBRARY PZ9.Y46D7

Honor Books at the Curriculum Center or Main Library

2020 (Middle) - This Promise of Change by Jo Ann Allen Boyce; Debbie Levy
Call Number: 921 Boyce
2017 (Elementary) - Seeds of Freedom by Hester Bass; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: 323.1196073 Bass
Discover how the black and white citizens of one Alabama city chose peace over violence in the struggle to end segregation.
2017 (Secondary) - Shadow Catcher by Michael Burgan; Kathleen Baxter (Contribution by)
Call Number: NA 973.04 Burgan
"Chronicles the life of Edward S. Curtis and his 20-volume life's work, The North American Indian"
2017 (Secondary) - Sitting Bull by S. D. Nelson
Call Number: NA 978.004 Nelson
From award-winning author and illustrator S. D. Nelson comes the amazing true story of Sitting Bull.
2011 (Elementary) - Dave the Potter by Laban Carrick Hill; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: GSCC 738.092 HIL
2010 (Middle) - With One Sky Above Us: the Story of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians by Nancy Plain
Call Number: GSCC Ee.2 MON Grade4 2012 Crevola Reader LevelS
2009 (Elementary) - A Boy Named Beckoning by Gina Capaldi (Illustrator)
Call Number: GSCC NA 970.004 CAP
2007 (Middle) - Up Before Daybreak by Deborah Hopkinson
Call Number: MAIN LIBRARY PZ121.H67U63 2006
2006 (Elementary) - Roberto Clemente by Jonah Winter; Raúl Colón (Illustrator)
Call Number: MAIN LIBRARY PZ243.B35W56 2005
2004 (Elementary) - Harvesting Hope by Kathleen Krull; Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)
Call Number: IMTC Ee.2 ZB Grade2 2012 Snow Theme5 Krull/MAIN LIBRARY PZ207.C43K78 2003
2004 (Secondary) Gwendolyn Brooks by Martha E. Rhynes
Call Number: eBook
2003 (Middle) - A Strong Right Arm by Michelle Y. Green; Michelle Green
Call Number: GSCC Ee.2 ZB Grade4 2012 Snow Theme5 Green
2000 (Elementary) - Magic Windows (Ventanas Magicas) by Carmen Lomas Garza (Illustrator)
Call Number: IMTC 972 GAR/MAIN LIBRARY PZ230.L66 M34 1999
1998 (Elementary) - Buffalo Days by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith; Lawrence Migdale (Photographer)
Call Number: MAIN LIBRARY PZ196.C76H68 1997
1998 (Secondary) - The Flight of the Red Bird by Doreen Rappaport
Call Number: GSCC NA 973 ZIT
1997 (Elementary) - The Life and Death of Crazy Horse by Russell Freedman; Amos B. Bull (Photographer)
Call Number: MAIN LIBRARY PZ196.O3F74 1996
1997 (Elementary) - Celebrating Hanukkah by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith; Lawrence Migdale (Photographer)
Call Number: MAIN LIBRARY PZ238.H3H68 1996
1996 (Elementary) - Konnichiwa by Tricia Brown; Kazuyoshi Arai (Illustrator)
Call Number: MAIN LIBRARY PZ237.B768K66 1995
1994 (Elementary) - Celebrating Kwanzaa by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith; Lawrence Migdale (Photographer)
Call Number: MAIN LIBRARY PZ238.K83H69 1993
1994 (Secondary) - Many Thousand Gone by Virginia Hamilton; Leo Dillon (Illustrator); Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
Call Number: MAIN LIBRARY PZ200.H36M36 1993
1993 (Elementary) - How My Family Lives in America by Susan Kuklin (Illustrator)
Call Number: GSCC 305.8 KUK
1993 (Elementary) - Hoang Anh by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith; Lawrence Migdale (Photographer)
Call Number: GSCC 973 HOY/MAIN LIBRAY PZ88.A54H69 1992
1992 (Secondary) - Now Is Your Time! by Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: GSCC PZ215.A44M93 1991
1991 (Elementary) - Teammates by Peter Golenbock; Paul Bacon (Illustrator)
Call Number: GSCC 796.357 GOL
1991 (Secondary) - Sorrow's Kitchen by Mary E. Lyons
Call Number: MAIN LIBRARY PS3515.U789Z78 1990
1980 - A Cry from the Earth by John Bierhorst
Call Number: MAIN LIBRARY ML3557.B53 1992